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THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

Why Democratic Elites are “Shaken to their Core” about Trump and Biden

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This week, the freakout among Democrats about President Biden reached its shrillest pitch yet, after a special counsel report exonerated Biden but included combustible claims about Biden’s mental capacities. While many Democrats redoubled calls for the party to entertain alternatives to nominating Biden, confusion and disagreement reigns among them about what precisely to take away from this moment. We talked to Brian Beutler, who  regularly criticizes the Democratic Party’s approach to politics on his “Off Message” Substack, to sort through all the noise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The freak out among Democrats about President Biden is at its shrillest pitch yet. After the

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report from special counsel Robert Herr exonerated Biden but included gratuitous and

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unverifiable claims about Biden's age,

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resulting in a rolling media explosion, many influential Democrats and liberals redoubled their

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calls for the party to consider an alternative path. Today we're joined by Brian Boitler,

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who regularly criticizes the Democratic Party's approach to politics on his substack, off message.

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This week, he wrote that the Democratic establishment is more shaken about Biden than at any point during his presidency.

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